Broom.



` EDIVIUND L. KENOYER, OF .55ELIMA,V CALIFORNIA.

BROOIVI.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, i916.

Application filed December 13, 1915. Serial No. 66,537.

To all whom imag concern.' n

Be it known that l, EDMUND L. ln-

Nornu, citizen ofthe United States, residobject is to provide a novel and improved means for securing the broom brush to the handle so that the brush may beremoved when worn out and replacedby a new one.

l/Vith the object stated in View, the invention consists in the combination and arrangement oil parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that the same may be better understood, reference may be had to theaccompanying drawing forming a. part of this speciiication.

In the drawinghFigure l is an elevation of the invention; Fig. 2 is an elevation with one of the attaching plates removed; Fig. 8 is an enlarged section on the Vline 8 3 of Fig. l; Fig. Ll is a section on the line 4 1 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. l.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 denotes a broom brush sewed together in the ordinary manner. Aroundthe brush, near the top thereof, is secured by rivets or other suitable fastening means, a plate 6 having,

on opposite sides of the brush, an outstanding flange 7, which is for a presentlyT described. o

The brush 5 is secured to the broom handle 8 by a holder composed of two oppurpose to be posits plates 9 reduced in width at their i upper ends and shaped here to encircle the lower end of the broom handle. The two plates are secured to the broom handle by bolts l0, and they are crimped at their edges to overlap and to cover the edges of the brush, so that the upper portion of the latter is entirely inclosed. ln the sides of the plates are transverse grooves or depressions l1, the same being on the inside and posi-V tioned so that the flanges 7 may seat therein, whereby the brush is securely held between the plates and prevented from slipping out of the same. The bottom edges of the plates are fastened together by tongues l2 on one plate passing throughy slits 13 in the other plate and bent back into a hook.

rlChe brush 5 is readily applied, and when worn it can be removed and replaced by a new one. The brush is applied by loosening the bolts 10 and disengaging the tongues l2. The plates are then spread and the brush is inserted from the bottom of the same, and upon tightening up the bolts 10 and inserting the tongues 12 through the apertures 18, the brush is securely held in place on the handle 8.

The structure hereinbefore described provides a simple and cheap broom, and one which enables the brush to be readily renewed when worn. The brush, withthe eX- ception of the flanged plate 6, is madein the ordinary way, (except the tying) and no specially constructed brush is required. A broom, as ordinarily constructed, becomes worthless after the brush lis worn away, and the entire broom must be discarded. This waste of the broom handle is entirely obvia-ted by the present invention, and the handle can be used over and over again.

The invention is applicable to all kinds of brooms, as well as to brushes.

I claim:

lhe combination of a brush, a handle, opposite plates secured to the handle, between which plates the brush is held, said plates having transverse grooves on the inside, and plates on opposite sides of the brush, said plates having outstanding flanges seating in the grooves.

ln testimony whereof I aHiX my signature. n

EDMUN D L. KENOYER.

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